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Pickford girls win season opener (Photos)

By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400thegamesportsshow.podbean.com The Pickford Panthers girls varsity basketball team started their 2021 season in Newberry on Tuesday night, and cruised to a 65-26 victory in Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference play. Tonight Sault High (1-0) will be Cheboygan in girls Straits Area Conference action. In boys basketball, […]

Will Riedell Named WCHA Defenseman of the Week

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Will Riedell has been named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Defenseman of the Week, as announced by conference officials on Monday, Feb. 8.  The Lakers posted a split against the Northern Michigan Wildcats this weekend, with the Lake Superior State winning the first game of the […]

EUP high school basketball underway

By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400thegamesportsshow.podbean.com After waiting for months, the winter high school basketball season finally got underway last night for teams across the state of Michigan and in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. In boys basketball from Monday night, the Rudyard Bulldogs knocked off the Sault High Blue Devils, […]

Women’s Basketball Falls to Davenport in Series Closer

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Lake Superior State women’s basketball team dropped the second game of a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) weekend series to the Davenport University Panthers by a final score of 77-57 on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the DU Student Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. First Half The Lakers […]

Mareks Mitens Named to Mike Richter Award “Watch List”

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Lake Superior State senior goaltender Mareks Mitens has been named to the Mike Richter Award “Watch List” for the 2020-21 season.  The Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) has announced a “Watch List” of 33 goalies who will compete for the Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goalie […]